Few expected an expansion team to be potential buyers at the trade deadline.

But that may very well be the case for the Vegas Golden Knights, as general manager George McPhee's club sits first in the Western Conference and second overall with the deadline quickly approaching.

The belief was McPhee might look to flip pending free agents for picks and prospects, but the team's success has surely made him reassess that plan.

"We still don't know what we're going to do at the deadline," McPhee said Sunday, per Vegas Insider Gary Lawless. "We're still three weeks away. We'll know more when we get there. Every team in the league has needs... We'll see. I like our group. I don't know if we're going to do a lot, if anything."

According to Sports Club Stats, the Golden Knights have a 100 percent chance of clinching a playoff spot, meaning they'll be a first-year postseason team barring complete disaster.

As such, dealing leading scorers like James Neal and David Perron - who can become unrestricted free agents on July - does not seem likely.

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The New Jersey Devils have recalled goaltender Eddie Lack from the AHL's Binghamton Devils, sending Ken Appleby the other way.

Lack was acquired from the Calgary Flames in late December. In five appearances with the Devils' minor-league club, he has a 1-2-2 record and .915 save percentage.

Devils' starting goalie Cory Schneider remains sidelined with a groin injury, meaning Lack will serve as backup to Keith Kinkaid.

The surprising Devils, meanwhile, are hanging onto the second seed in the tough Metropolitan Division.

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Nashville Predators forward Filip Forsberg will have a hearing Sunday for interference on New York Rangers winger Jimmy Vesey.

Here's a look at the play in question:

Forsberg was not penalized at the time of the incident.

The game featured a fair share of animosity, including a head shot by Alexei Emelin on Marc Staal.

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P.K. Subban continues to be a model of consistency when it comes to point production.

The Nashville Predators star scored a goal and added an assist in a victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday night, giving him 40 points in 50 games so far this season.

It's the fifth consecutive campaign that Subban has posted at least 40 points, and he's now matched his total from last season in 16 fewer contests.

Coming into Saturday's action, he was one of only three defensemen leading his team in points, along with San Jose Sharks rearguard Brent Burns and John Klingberg of the Dallas Stars, who's now tied with Alexander Radulov.

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Nashville Predators rearguard Alexei Emelin better clear his schedule, as the NHL's Department of Player Safety will surely speak to him about the scary-looking elbow he delivered to New York Rangers defenseman Marc Staal's head.

Staal has dealt with serious injuries before, suffering three concussions throughout his 11-year career. He left the game halfway through the second period and didn't return due to what New York is calling an upper-body injury. Emelin, meanwhile, wasn't assessed a penalty on the play.

The controversial hits didn't end there, as later in the period Rangers forward Jimmy Vesey was rocked with a high hit from Filip Forsberg.

Vesey was bloodied on the play and also left the game with an upper-body injury and didn't return. Once again, no penalty was assessed.

Nashville earned the victory by a score of 5-2, but expect both Emelin and Forsberg to hear from George Parros and Co.

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There are hot streaks, and then there's what Tuukka Rask is currently on.

The Boston Bruins have collected a point in 20 straight games when Rask is between the pipes, as the netminder owns an 18-0-2 record over that stretch. The streak is the fourth longest in Bruins franchise history, per NHL Public Relations.

Rask stopped 23 of 24 shots that came his way against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night. The netminder has dominated the team that drafted him throughout his career in Boston, earning a 16-6-2 record and a .926 save percentage in 27 games against Toronto.

Rask, of course, was dealt to the Bruins in exchange for Andrew Raycroft shortly after the Leafs made him their first-round pick in 2005.

Boston sits comfortably in second place in the Atlantic Division, five points ahead of the Leafs with four games in hand.

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Another night, another goaltender interference controversy.

Jonathan Huberdeau scored the winner for the Florida Panthers against the Detroit Red Wings in the final seconds of Saturday's game, but not before a lengthy review.

Huberdeau appeared to make contact with Red Wings goaltender Petr Mrazek, so the play was reviewed, but the goal was ultimately upheld.

Red Wings head coach Jeff Blashill was ejected from the game for arguing the call, according to WXYZ's Brad Galli.

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Sidney Crosby is going to have to wait just a little bit longer for his 400th career goal.

The Pittsburgh Penguins captain had the goal he banked off of New Jersey Devils backup goaltender Keith Kinkaid waved off due to goaltender interference on Saturday.

Pittsburgh forward Bryan Rust interfered with Kinkaid on the play, but that didn't stop Sid from banking a slapper right off his dome and into the open net.

The goal was initially waived off and the call was subsequently upheld after video review. Nevertheless, a quirky moment on a near milestone goal for one of the greatest of this generation.

As for Kinkaid, he was shaken up on the play but remained in the game to earn the 3-1 victory for New Jersey.

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